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themselves
;
their
engagement
ended
,
they
had
wished
to
return
to
America
.
They
then
had
embarked
on
the
"
Waldeck
,
"
paying
their
passage
like
ordinary
passengers
.
On
the
5th
of
December
they
left
Melbourne
,
and
seventeen
days
after
,
during
a
very
black
night
,
the
"
Waldeck
"
had
been
struck
by
a
large
steamer
.
The
blacks
were
in
bed
.
A
few
seconds
after
the
collision
,
which
was
terrible
,
they
rushed
on
the
deck
.
Already
the
ship
's
masts
had
fallen
,
and
the
"
Waldeck
"
was
lying
on
the
side
;
but
she
would
not
sink
,
the
water
not
having
invaded
the
hold
sufficiently
to
cause
it
.
As
to
the
captain
and
crew
of
the
"
Waldeck
,
"
all
had
disappeared
,
whether
some
had
been
precipitated
into
the
sea
,
whether
others
were
caught
on
the
rigging
of
the
colliding
ship
,
which
,
after
the
collision
,
had
fled
to
return
no
more
.
The
five
blacks
were
left
alone
on
board
,
on
a
half-capsized
hull
,
twelve
hundred
miles
from
any
land
.
Then
oldest
of
the
negroes
was
named
Tom
.
His
age
,
as
well
as
his
energetic
character
,
and
his
experience
,
often
put
to
the
proof
during
a
long
life
of
labor
,
made
him
the
natural
head
of
the
companions
who
were
engaged
with
him
.
The
other
blacks
were
young
men
from
twenty-five
to
thirty
years
old
,
whose
names
were
Bat
(
abbreviation
of
Bartholomew
)
,
son
of
old
Tom
,
Austin
,
Acteon
,
and
Hercules
,
all
four
well
made
and
vigorous
,
and
who
would
bring
a
high
price
in
the
markets
of
Central
Africa
.
Even
though
they
had
suffered
terribly
,
one
could
easily
recognize
in
them
magnificent
specimens
of
that
strong
race
,
on
which
a
liberal
education
,
drawn
from
the
numerous
schools
of
North
America
,
had
already
impressed
its
seal
.
Tom
and
his
companions
then
found
themselves
alone
on
the
"
Waldeck
"
after
the
collision
,
having
no
means
of
raising
that
inert
hull
,
without
even
power
to
leave
it
,
because
the
two
boats
on
board
had
been
shattered
in
the
boarding
.
They
were
reduced
to
waiting
for
the
passage
of
a
ship
,
while
the
wreck
drifted
little
by
little
under
the
action
of
the
currents
.
